Collective fluorescence blinking in linear J-aggregates assisted by long-distance exciton migration

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 620-626

  Lin, Hongzhen ^a   Camacho, Rafael ^a   Tian, Yuxi ^a,b   Kaiser, Theo E ^b   Würthner, Frank ^b   Scheblykin, Ivan G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy migration; Fluorescence brightness; Fluorescence quantum yield; J aggregate; Single molecule spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; ENERGY MIGRATION; EXCITON DIFFUSION LENGTH; EXCITON MIGRATION; FLUORESCENCE BLINKING; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; J AGGREGATES; PERYLENE BISIMIDES; PHOTOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SINGLE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY;

AGGLOMERATION; EXCITONS; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULES; MONOMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

AGGREGATES;

COLORING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; IMIDE; NANOMATERIAL; PERYLENE; PERYLENE BISIMIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COLORING AGENTS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMIDES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERYLENE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 76749114855     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl9036559     Document Type: Article

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